The PAPERs Podcast
Join hosts Jason Frank, Jonathan Sherbino, Linda Snell, and Lara Varpio as they dive deep into the latest articles and discussions in health professions education (HPE). Combining rigorous academic analysis with light-hearted and accessible commentary, PAPERs podcast is a must-listen for scholars and educators in the field of Medical Education (MedEd).
Our podcast, produced by the Unit for Teaching and Learning at Karolinska Institutet (KI) is designed to make complex topics engaging and easy to understand, ensuring it becomes a regular part of your listening schedule. Tune in for insightful conversations that blend scholarly depth with an approachable style.The articles that are discussed relates to topics like Professional Identity Formation (PIF) Theoretical framework, Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Generativ AI, Curriculum design, Faculty development and more!
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 81
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
#20 - What are we worth?
In this episode, we look at different ways leaders ascribe value (beyond monetary value) to the growth and work of health professions educators. It is important as it suggests how we as educators can…
00:30:22 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
#19 - Long live the Purple Scrunchy!
In this episode, the hosts review a research paper that takes on the challenge of generating a theory of identity safety in the clinical learning environment. This work pushes beyond current notions …
00:40:31 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
#18 - Methods Consult - Thematic Analysis
Methods Consult – Thematic Analysis is an inaugural episode where Lara Varpio dig a bit deeper into the some of the science methods and theory in health professions education.
When you need a little h…
When you need a little h…
00:24:30 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
#17 - Context is Everything: The Challenges of PBL Around the World
Context is Everything: The Challenges of PBL Around the World
This episode explores the challenges of transplanting PBL outside of a Western culture. The authors use meta-ethnography to synthesize the…
This episode explores the challenges of transplanting PBL outside of a Western culture. The authors use meta-ethnography to synthesize the…
00:29:56 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
#16 - Evolution of a faculty development activity: acting on action and developing the developer
Can you improve faculty development by advancing faculty developers’ role and expertise as educators? We discuss it in this week's paper. We also discuss a new (to the podcast) research methodology: …
00:36:43 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
#15 - Digitization & Despair: Two Cases of Complex Change
In this episode, Jason introduces a paper that uses case study methodology to look at complex educational interventions, and why so often fail
Episode host: Jason Frank
Article: Humphrey-Murto, S., Mak…
Episode host: Jason Frank
Article: Humphrey-Murto, S., Mak…
00:38:24 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
#14 - Movin’ on up on the East side
In this episode, the hosts take on a question that has long been debated in health professions education: What is scholarship? If you will ever be going up for promotion and/or tenure, this is an epi…
00:35:10 |
Mon 29 May 2023
#13 - Cooking your way through medical school: a hand-on approach to food as an evidence-based intervention
Cooking your way through medical school: a hand-on approach to food as an evidence-based intervention.
Teaching health professionals to discuss practical aspects of nutrition with patients is importa…
Teaching health professionals to discuss practical aspects of nutrition with patients is importa…
00:29:35 |
Tue 23 May 2023
#12 - Fidelity or Futility?: Let’s CHAT about WBA
Workplace-based assessments (WBAs): what’s not to love? A lot apparently. It seems there is a tidal wave of pushback to contemporary efforts to implement new WBA and direct observation. In this episo…
00:44:36 |
Tue 16 May 2023
#11 - Break on through to the other side of PIF
In this episode, Lara brings a book chapter to the discussion which asks if we need to think differently about professional identity formation (PIF). The hosts discuss the strengths and weaknesses of…
00:30:33 |
Tue 09 May 2023
#10 - Ex machina: The disruption of HPE with AI
Chatbots use natural language processing (NLP) to converse and answer questions posed by a human user. Large language models (think billions of language parameters/nodes connected via networks to pro…
00:30:41 |
Tue 02 May 2023
#09 - Are CPD leaders born, made, or did they wander into the wrong room?
Continuing professional development (CPD) is often considered neglected and needing improvement. So who are the CPD leaders who will deliver on this needed change?
Episode Host: Jason R. Frank
Episode…
Episode Host: Jason R. Frank
Episode…
00:36:26 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
#08 - Methods Consult - Paradigms
Methods Consult - Paradigms is an inaugural episode where Lara Varpio dig a bit deeper into the some of the science methods and theory in Health professions education. Today’s theme is the basics of …
00:19:34 |
Tue 18 Apr 2023
#07 - Moral (or Morale?) development in medical trainees
Learning is social. Caring for stigmatized patients can have a negative impact on trainees. In this episode we discover how frustration and futility during patient care may lead to future apathy and …
00:29:18 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
#06 - The Mystery of the Missing Milestone Outcomes
Assessments that matter is the ultimate goal of any health professions education system. This paper looked at the US surgical milestones rating scores in relation to surgical outcomes of graduates an…
00:34:37 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
#05 - What does it take to make Chris Watling
How did you learn to write academicly and how do we support developing authors for success?
This episode is lead by Jason R. Frank and the team are discussing a scoping review that has put together t…
This episode is lead by Jason R. Frank and the team are discussing a scoping review that has put together t…
00:25:04 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
#04 - How CBME makes residents beasts of assessment burden
The unintended consequence of CBME that this paper addresses is the assessment burden that residents have had to bear with the increase volume of formative assessments.
The authors identified 9 asses…
The authors identified 9 asses…
00:32:11 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
#03 - Should HPE training for PhDs be EPA-based?
This week we get to hear a really interesting debate around Entrustable Professional Activites (EPAs) in PhD education as the group look into the chosen article. Could EPAs be used in this new contex…
00:35:40 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
#02 - Uncertainty - That’s what one fears most: Scoping review of uncertainty tolerance highlights why theory matters
In this episode, Lara Varpio takes the lead discussing a scoping review study examining uncertainty tolerance.
The hosts debate questions relevant to your educational practice, including: What is the …
The hosts debate questions relevant to your educational practice, including: What is the …
00:34:08 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
#01 - Health Advocacy Education in South Africa
In this first episode Jon presents a South African article that via a curriculum analysis investigates in what ammoung helath advocacy was taught and assessed at health professions programmes at a SA…
00:29:10 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
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